model airplane
Date1920-1950
Inventory Number1998-1-0815
ClassificationGlider
Maker
American
Cultural Region
Dimensions28.8 x 82 x 58.2 cm (11 5/16 x 32 5/16 x 22 15/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionGlider or model airplane, tan colored, made of a wood frame wrapped in paper and covered with paint and/or sealer. The airplane has a propeller, moveable tail rudder and a pair of wheels on a fixed landing gear. A piece of metal wire with a hook is wound around the wings for hanging it.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedwritten on side of fusilage in black marker: ME1
Curatorial RemarksFragile, possible DW or BH.
Institute of Geographical Exploration
Date: 1930-1940
Accessories: one of 17 photographs formerly stored in the same black envelope
Object number: 1998-1-1074h
Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation
Date: 1930-1936
Object number: RS0385f
W. W. Boes Company
Date: circa 1940
Accessories: Bakelite case with instruction manual and advertisement
Object number: DW0915
W. W. Boes Company
Date: circa 1944
Accessories: Instruction booklet (lib. 5155), case with strap, advertising flyer
Object number: 1996-1-0479
Sterling P. Fergusson
Date: 1931
Object number: 1998-1-1051b
Harvard College Observatory
Date: circa 1869
Object number: 1996-1-0082
Adrien Gavard
Date: circa 1860
Accessories: hinged mahogany case with original trade label; extra arm; writing implements; instrument weights; small ivory wheels with brass frames
Object number: 1997-1-1856
Central Scientific Company
Date: circa 1940
Accessories: 2 Leyden condensers made of Pyrex
One rubber **gutta percha?** pulley, rotted.
Object number: 1997-1-0634